196 Pubs and Bars found in or around National Portrait Gallery London

What could've been an interesting multilevelled space underneath Charing Cross station has been sadly rendered like a claustrophobic All Bar One, which just gets worse the busier it becomes. Despite this, it's as popular as...

With a preponderance of standy-uppy stripped pine bars and corporate pseudo olde-worlde places nearby, Retro Bar stands out by being just a little bit different. Tucked down a little alleyway, it's certainly more Camden than...

For a pub so close to the tackfest that is the Trocadero Centre, this one makes a fair go at being a normal boozer. That a decent drop of Timothy Taylor Landlord can be had helps, as does the rather lived-in feel of the pub...

This cosy, back-street boozer cleverly pulls off the trick of acting like it's in a quiet part of town, while the reality is you can almost hear the buzz of Piccadilly Circus traffic from the bar. On our visit, we were...

De Hems is a popular pub for people to meet when out for a night on the town. Named after a Dutch sailor, who bought the place in the late 19th Century, it wavered in our affections after a change of ownership diluted the...

Our last visit to this branch of O'Neill's was unsuccessful (at 9.45pm on a Saturday night it transpired to be for 'regulars' only and we were refused entry - weird). It's not terrible and if you fancy a pint of Guinness, you...

The Clarence has always walked the line between 'cosy' and 'dingy', so when it became the latest pub to be refurbished by Geronimo Inns, we wondered how it would fare. A lot of the faux Victorian detailing has gone, to be...

This pub is pretty famous in these parts, so it ought not to need much of an introduction. It's a genuinely old, higgledy-piggledy place, with bare floorboards, plenty of dark wood panelling and little brass plaques...

We don't often visit these halls to Aussie drinking, for reasons too numerous to mention. And sadly, this example in central London seems to exemplify all those issues, namely being overpriced, loud and not very pleasant. We...

The Three Greyhounds is a mock Tudor extravaganza that's been lovingly restored by its owners to its former glory. There's a good range of well-kept beers on the hand pumps and an extensive food menu which is heavily promoted....

Not a pub, we know, but a wine bar with more charm and atmosphere than many of London's boozers (particularly those nearby); Gordon's is one of the most idiosyncratic drinking holes in town, its darkened alcoves a world away...

We've known this pub for years, and have always had a bit of a soft spot for it after many an afternoon or evening spent here. Still enjoying the benefits of a refit a couple of years back, The Marquis has a smart feel, its...

It's not the best area for pubs round here (Exhibit A: <A HREF="http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub621.html" TARGET=_BLANK>The Punch & Judy </A>) though this one tries manfully to buck the trend. An average...

Spirit Group, the company behind the 'TJ Bernard' pub chain, seem to have got it into their heads that its a good idea to make an increasing number of their pubs virtually identical. Probably something to do with establishing a...